{"id":45880,"date":"2024-02-14T13:32:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T12:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1992088"},"modified":"2024-02-14T14:35:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T13:35:11","slug":"love-actually-narrowly-wins-best-romcom-of-all-time-in-radiotimes-com-poll","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/love-actually-narrowly-wins-best-romcom-of-all-time-in-radiotimes-com-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Actually narrowly wins best romcom of all time in RadioTimes.com poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The Christmas classic beat another Richard Curtis film \u2013\u00a0Four Wedding and a Funeral \u2013\u00a0in the final. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 14 February 2024 at 12:32 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Love Actually has come out on top in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> poll to crown the best romcom of all time.<\/p>\n<p>After 32 films spanning several decades were narrowed down to four in a tournament on X (formerly Twitter), the Christmas classic beat out Roman Holiday, Grease, and fellow Richard Curtis film Four Weddings and A Funeral to take the crown.<\/p>\n<p>It scored 38.5 per cent of the vote in the final, with Four Weddings its closest challenger on 28.6 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>In total, more than 1000 votes were cast throughout the competition, with other films featured in the shortlist including the likes of The Philadelphia Story, Breakfast at Tiffany\u2019s, Dirty Dancing, and Crazy, Stupid, Love.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Which of these films is the best romcom of all time? \ud83d\udc95<br\/><br\/>You&#8217;ve narrowed it down from 32 to four. Now for the final vote!<\/p>\u2014 Radio Times (@RadioTimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RadioTimes\/status\/1756616578840334538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Initially, fans were asked to choose their favourite romcom from each decade between the 1940s and 2010s, before the respective winners faced off in the semi-finals and final.<\/p>\n<p>Love Actually has often sharply divided opinion among both film fans and critics, so is perhaps a controversial choice as winner, but it has remained a staple of Christmas viewing in the two decades since its release.<\/p>\n<p>Last year marked 20 years since it first opened in cinemas and, speaking exclusively to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> at the time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/richard-curtis-rewatch-love-actually-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Curtis explained<\/a> that he considered the film\u2019s enduring success to be \u201cjust a strange bit of luck\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"headline post-header__title post-header__title--headline-layout\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"heading-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/richard-curtis-rewatch-love-actually-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Richard Curtis reveals why he doesn\u2019t often rewatch Love Actually<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"heading-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/what-to-watch\/best-romantic-movies-netflix\/\">Best romance movies on Netflix to stream right now<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t watch Love Actually very often,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd when you do watch your old movies, it\u2019s funny how they\u2019re like just a very expensive diary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I\u2019d watch it and think \u2018Oh my god, we ran out of time that day, and Emma Thompson ticked me off for the fact she didn\u2019t know the names of her own children\u2019, and stuff like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-sign-up text-center pa-sm newsletter-sign-up--horizontal box pa-sm\" data-component=\"NewsletterSignUp\" data-feature=\"NewsletterSignUp\" data-form-name=\"nl_rt_newsletter6\" data-component-variant=\"horizontal\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen39254740_269=\"21049\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen39254740_269=\"21049\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time39254740_269=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired39254740_269=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen39254740_288=\"21077\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen39254740_288=\"21077\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time39254740_288=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired39254740_288=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen2613561_1096=\"21301\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen2613561_1096=\"21301\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time2613561_1096=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired2613561_1096=\"1\"> <\/div>\n<p><strong>Check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Film<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013\u00a0<a id=\"OWAd6a6c3ba-49f5-0b08-841b-80c9962943d5\" title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\" data-loopstyle=\"linkonly\">subscribe now<\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<a id=\"OWA71a5a05f-6651-b0f3-aeda-3d3d09b909b1\" title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Christmas classic beat another Richard Curtis film \u2013\u00a0Four Wedding and a Funeral \u2013\u00a0in the final. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":45881,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/love-actually-narrowly-wins-best-romcom-of-all-time-in-radiotimes-com-poll.jpg",1920,1281,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/love-actually-narrowly-wins-best-romcom-of-all-time-in-radiotimes-com-poll-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/love-actually-narrowly-wins-best-romcom-of-all-time-in-radiotimes-com-poll-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/love-actually-narrowly-wins-best-romcom-of-all-time-in-radiotimes-com-poll-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/love-actually-narrowly-wins-best-romcom-of-all-time-in-radiotimes-com-poll-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/love-actually-narrowly-wins-best-romcom-of-all-time-in-radiotimes-com-poll-1536x1025.jpg",1536,1025,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/love-actually-narrowly-wins-best-romcom-of-all-time-in-radiotimes-com-poll.jpg",1920,1281,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Christmas classic beat another Richard Curtis film \u2013\u00a0Four Wedding and a Funeral \u2013\u00a0in the final.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/45880"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}